Five Burning Questions Facing the Movie Theater Business as Hollywood Heads to CinemaCon

Bling Empire. is back… and not all that glitters is gold. Season 2 ends with more questions than answers, but thankfully ET got the cast on the record to fill in some of those gaps.

She has dominated headlines this week as part of an ongoing feud with Coleen Rooney. But long before the courtroom drama, Rebekah Vardy revealed her hopes for Meghan Markle to play her on the silver screen. The news first emerged three years ago, when plans were underway for a Hollywood biopic about Rebekah’s footballer husband Jamie that would chart his rise from a grassroots player to the Premier League star we know today.

EXCLUSIVE: Production starts today in Vancouver on the new Prime Video and Blumhouse Television slasher-comedy horror feature Totally Killer starring Kiernan Shipka (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Mad Men), Olivia Holt (Cruel Summer), Julie Bowen (Modern Family, Life of the Party), and Randall Park (Always Be My Maybe, Fresh off the Boat).

Cinemark CEO Sean Gamble says a relative shortfall of new films will likely be the biggest headwind his company faces this year.

Gordon Cox Theater EditorBroadway just wrapped up its first season after the pandemic lockdown, and boy, was it a doozy: After all the delays, COVID surges and cast replacements, a whopping 35 new productions opened, with 15 of them bowing in April alone.As Tony nominations loom, nominators have a lot to consider — and a number of big questions to answer before the May 9 announcement.In addition to the obvious frontrunner, which four shows will round out the new musical category? Even before the season officially ended, the category for new musical — the one award that consistently moves the needle at the box office — had a clear leader. That’s “A Strange Loop,” Michael R.

Today we celebrate Angelina Jolie’s birthday, her incredible achievements and successful career in Hollywood, which includes some of the most memorable films and fan-favorite characters.And while we wish we could include all of them in our list, we rounded up the top five films of the talented actress, just in time for her 47th birthday.

Looking for a refresh. Spring is a season of rebirth and celebrities are buzzing about the best ways to recharge and recenter themselves after a long winter.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorFrench action movie “Roads of Fear” heads the Cannes market slate for Vienna-based sales agency Fizz-e-Motion.Emmanuel Saez’s film follows Elon Coretti, the only son of Sauveur Coretti, one of the mafia bosses in the South of France. While the Coretti clan reigns supreme across its patch, small Albanian dealers are increasingly involved in drug trafficking and other criminal activities in its territory. Sauveur decides to make an example by organizing an almost military assault on the Albanians’ site, but there is a price to pay.

Megan Fox is getting honest about her Hollywood experiences.

Rowan Blanchard and Auli’i Cravalho are stepping out for the premiere of their new movie!

Zack Sharf “Top Gun: Maverick” blasted off at CinemaCon, where Paramount Pictures held the tentpole’s first public screening and generated rave first reactions. Journalists in attendance are hailing the long-awaited “Top Gun” sequel as “the perfect blockbuster” and “terrific in every conceivable way.” The film will screen at the Cannes Film Festival in May before Paramount releases it in theaters over Memorial Day weekend.Paramount Pictures president Brian Robbins introduced the CinemaCon screening of the film and said star Tom Cruise has earned his reputation as the most daring actor in Hollywood.

Damien Chazelle’s latest film “Babylon” dazzled with its Old Hollywood glamour and other more eccentric charms and mayhem at CinemaCon on Thursday, one of the showpieces of Paramount’s presentation. Chazelle’s film, which is a “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” reunion of Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie, has a lot of style, some jazz but also some madcap humor, including a closing scene to the trailer in which Pitt’s producing tent is precariously located next to where an elaborate battlefield is staging a period war scene, only for a spear to come flying in inches next to his head.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterDirector Damien Chazelle brought the ol’ razzle dazzle to CinemaCon, showcasing the first look at his next film “Babylon,” a star-studded homage to Hollywood’s golden era.Attendees of CinemaCon, the annual gathering of movie theater owners that’s currently unfolding at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, were treated to never-before-seen footage of “Babylon,” which puts the spotlight on Brad Pitt as silent film star John Gilbert and Margot Robbie as Roaring Twenties icon Clara Bow.Prior to Paramount’s presentation at CinemaCon, little had been revealed about “Babylon,” which is set in the late 1920s during the movie industry’s transition from silent films to talkies.Based on the first-look footage of glamorous parties against a backdrop of an entertainment business in flux, “Babylon” looks like a mix between Baz Luhrmann’s “The Great Gatsby” and Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” “You know what we have to do… we have to redefine the form,” Pitt’s character. “When I first moved to Hollywood, the stars on all the doors said ‘No actors and no dogs allowed.'”Robbie’s character is less worried about her place in showbiz.

If you’re a fervent fan of Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey’s book, She Said, about their New York Times investigation into Harvey Weinstein’s history of alleged sexual assault, get ready for the movie.

“Nope” to CinemaCon during Universal’s presentation on Wednesday, and the look did a number on the unsuspecting crowd. “I like making titles that match how the audience feels watching it,” Peele told the attendees.

EXCLUSIVE: Walt Disney Co. platforms and studios — Disney Television Studios, FX, Hulu, Disney+ and ABC — are joining forces in June to reach Emmy voters. From June 3-15, Disney FYC Fest will invite Emmy voters to the El Capitan Theater on Hollywood Boulevard to screen shows and listen to panels.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterThe trade organization representing American movie theater owners isn’t gloating about Netflix’s recent stock misfortunes — they’re opening their arms, they say.At CinemaCon, the annual Las Vegas convention of theatrical exhibitors, leadership from the National Association of Theatre Owners touched on Netflix’s recent subscriber losses and subsequent jaw-dropping $54 billion loss in market cap.Netflix’s sign of softening brought a screeching halt to the prevailing industry logic that going all-in on streaming investment was the way to please shareholders. While some speculated this would benefit traditional theatrical releases, Warner Bros.